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1. The Night Before Christmas
by: Charles Santore Release date: Oct 11, 2011 Number of Pages: 44 Find in Library Read Review |
Since it was first published anonymously in 1823, “The Night Before Christmas” has enchanted children with the story of St. Nicholas climbing down the chimney and filling all the stockings before springing back to his sleigh. Many families read the poem every year, and now they have an edition to treasure. The cherished verse, faithfully reproduced here, is accompanied by Charles Santore’s lavish illustrations.
2. Christmas Fun Mad Libs: Deluxe Edition
by: Roger Price, Leonard Stern Release date: Oct 18, 2016 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
3. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by: Barbara Robinson Release date: Apr 12, 2005 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant.
None of the Herdmans has ever heard the Christmas story before. Their interpretation of the tale — the Wise Men are a bunch of dirty spies and Herod needs a good beating — has a lot of people up in arms. But it will make this year’s pageant the most unusual anyone has seen and, just possibly, the best one ever.
4. Gobble Gobble Mad Libs
by: Roger Price, Leonard Stern Release date: Aug 15, 2013 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
5. Jotham’s Journey: A Storybook for Advent
by: Arnold Ytreeide Release date: Aug 26, 2008 Number of Pages: 168 Find in Library Read Review |
6. The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book: 15 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer
by: Chris McVeigh Release date: Sep 04, 2016 Number of Pages: 220 Find in Library Read Review |
This Christmas, LEGO is moving from under the tree to on the tree! With The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book as your guide, you’ll make classic globe and barrel ornaments, all out of LEGO, as well as original gingerbread houses, a merry Santa, arcade cabinets, and many more.
Packed with step-by-step instructions for 15 charming builds, The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book is the perfect family activity this holiday season.
7. The Nightmare Before Christmas: 20th Anniversary Edition
by: Tim Burton, Tim Burton Release date: Aug 06, 2013 Number of Pages: 56 Find in Library Read Review |
8. The Christmas Story
by: Robert Sabuda Release date: Sep 27, 2016 Number of Pages: 12 Find in Library Read Review |
Long ago in the town of Bethlehem, on a bright and starry night, a baby was born, a child who was called the son of God. Announced by an angel, born in a humble manger, laid in a bed of straw, visited by shepherds and wise men—the age-old, awe-inspiring story of the birth of Jesus is lovingly brought to life by master pop-up artist Robert Sabuda in six gorgeously imagined scenes, culminating in a 3-D manger sheltering humans and beasts, guarded by an angel above. Glinting with touches of gold and pearlescent foil, The Christmas Story is a visual feast, a holiday treasure to be shared with the whole family.
9. Disney 5-Minute Christmas Stories (5-Minute Stories)
by: Disney Book Group, Disney Storybook Art Team Release date: Sep 13, 2016 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
10. The 12 Screams of Christmas (Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition #2)
by: R.L. Stine Release date: Sep 30, 2014 Number of Pages: 192 Find in Library Read Review |
Kate Welles doesn’t want to be special. She just wants to play the lead in her school’s Christmas play. Her annoying “friend” Courtney is constantly getting in the way of that. Can you even call someone a “friend” if all they do is make fun of you and ruin everything all of the time? But Kate has to get along with Courtney or else neither of them will be allowed to take part in The 12 Screams of Christmas.
Kate and Courtney’s teacher decides they need to find a special place to rehearse. A certain house with a special history. The kind of place that Kate would normally be pretty frightened to go into. The kind of place that gives new meaning to the term: Christmas Spirit.
11. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story (Picture Puffin Books)
by: Gloria Houston, Barbara Cooney Release date: Oct 01, 1996 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
12. The Thanksgiving Story
by: Alice Dalgliesh, Helen Sewell Release date: Sep 01, 1985 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
Giles, Constance and Damaris Hopkins are all passengers aboard the crowded Mayflower, journeying to the New World to start a new life. Things get a little more cramped when their baby brother Oceanus is born during the passage. However, when they arrive, there are even worse challenges to face as the Pilgrims are subjected to hunger, cold, and sickness that put their small colony in great danger. With the help of the Native Americans though, they might just be able to survive their first year in this strange land—and have a November harvest to celebrate for generations!
13. Christmas Carol Mad Libs: Very Merry Songs & Stories
by: Roger Price, Leonard Stern Release date: Sep 13, 2007 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
14. Ishtar’s Odyssey: A Family Story for Advent
by: Arnold Ytreeide Release date: Sep 27, 2015 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Read Review |
Arnold Ytreeide’s family advent devotionals have become a much-loved Christmas tradition, enjoyed by multiple generations. With over 100,000 in print they include Jotham’s Journey, Bartholomew’s Passage, and Tabitha’s Travels.
15. Cranberry Thanksgiving (Cranberryport)
by: Wende Devlin, Harry Devlin Release date: Sep 18, 2012 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
16. Frozen Olaf’s Night Before Christmas Book & CD
by: Disney Book Group, Disney Storybook Art Team Release date: Sep 15, 2015 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
17. Bartholomew’s Passage: A Family Story for Advent
by: Arnold Ytreeide Release date: Aug 25, 2009 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Read Review |
Bartholomew’s Passage is an engaging story that guides families through the Advent season. Young Bartholomew’s adventures start when Roman soldiers destroy his village and disperse his family, continue through his enslavement to a tyrannical master and his escape with his new friend Nathan, and end with a reunion with his family in Bethlehem. Along the way Bartholomew makes a new friend, a young boy named Jotham!
18. Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
by: Laurie Halse Anderson, Matt Faulkner Release date: Oct 01, 2005 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth’s shore. But by the 1800s America’s observance was waning. None of the presidents nor Congress sought to revive the holiday. And so one invincible “lady editor” name Sarah Hale took it upon herself to rewrite the recipe for Thanksgiving as we know it today. This is an inspirational, historical, all-out boisterous tale about perseverance and belief: In 1863 Hale’s thirty-five years of petitioning and orations got Abraham Lincoln thinking. He signed the Thanksgiving Proclamation that very year, declaring it a national holiday. This story is a tribute to Hale, her fellow campaigners, and to the amendable government that affords citizens the power to make the world a better place!
19. Cajun Night Before Christmas® (The Night Before Christmas Series)
by: “Trosclair”, Howard Jacobs, James Rice Release date: Sep 30, 1992 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
St. Nicholas piles his skiff high with toys and hitches it to eight flying alligators on the bayou.
20. A Plump And Perky Turkey
by: Teresa Bateman, Jeff Shelly Release date: Sep 06, 2013 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
21. The Story of Holly and Ivy
by: Rumer Godden, Barbara Cooney Release date: Sep 14, 2006 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
22. A Boy Called Christmas
by: Matt Haig, Chris Mould Release date: Nov 01, 2016 Number of Pages: 240 Find in Library Read Review |
Eleven-year-old Nikolas—nicknamed “Christmas”—has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. But he’s happy with his turnip doll, because it came from his parents, who love him. Then one day his father goes missing, and Nikolas must travel to the North Pole to save him.
Along the way, Nikolas befriends a surly reindeer, bests a troublesome troll, and discovers a hidden world of enchantment in the frozen village of Elfhelm. But the elves of Elfhelm have troubles of their own: Christmas spirit and goodwill are at an all-time low, and Nikolas may be the only person who can fix things—if only he can reach his father before it’s too late. . . .
Sparkling with wit and warmth, A Boy Called Christmas is a cheeky new Christmas classic-in-the-making from acclaimed author Matt Haig and illustrator Chris Mould.
“Irresistibly readable. Destined to become a Christmas and anytime-before-or-after-Christmas classic!” –Chris Grabenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“The definitive (and funny) history of ho, ho, ho! My children loved it.” —Yann Martel, bestselling author of Life of Pi
“The most evergreen, immortal Christmas story to be published for decades.” —Stephen Fry
“Humorous and heartfelt, A Boy Called Christmas will grow your heart three sizes and make you believe in magic.” –Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of Rump
“Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories.”—Neil Gaiman, Newbery-winning author of The Graveyard Book
23. Tabitha’s Travels: A Family Story for Advent
by: Arnold Ytreeide Release date: Jul 22, 2010 Number of Pages: 160 Find in Library Read Review |
24. Santa’s Underwear
by: Marty Rhodes Figley, Marty Kelley Release date: Aug 01, 2016 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
25. A Merry Christmas Cookbook
by: Disney Book Group, Disney Storybook Art Team Release date: Sep 16, 2014 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
26. Letters From Father Christmas
by: J.R.R. Tolkien Release date: Nov 15, 2004 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review |
They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone North Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house, and many more.
No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by Tolkien’s inventiveness in this classic holiday treat.
27. The First Thanksgiving (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)
by: Linda Hayward Release date: Sep 12, 1990 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
28. Hanukkah Mad Libs
by: Roger Price, Leonard Stern Release date: Sep 27, 2012 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
Celebrate Hanukkah with our newest original Mad Libs all about the Festival of Lights! Our book features a ton of hilarious stories about lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel, and much, much more! With 21 stories, you’ll have more than enough blanks to fill in to cover the eight nights of Hanukkah!
29. Sneezy the Snowman
by: Maureen Wright, Stephen Gilpin Release date: Jun 03, 2014 Number of Pages: 34 Find in Library Read Review |
30. Disney Princess Christmas Adventures (Sticker Scenes & Coloring Book)
by: Parragon Books Ltd Release date: Oct 11, 2016 Number of Pages: 44 Find in Library Read Review |
Best Selling Books for 8 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
Recommended Books for 8 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
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Last updated: Monday, December 5, 2016 6:31 AM